Auction(gem): Roman coin

Every week in "Auction Pearl of the Week," MASTERS goes in search of unique objects that disappear under the hammer. This week one a special case: an auction gem that turned out not to be such a gem after all... One of the world's most expensive coins ever auctioned off is most likely a fake. 

The Iden of March coin, also known as the EID MAR, is a rare version of the denarius coin issued by Marcus Junius Brutus from 43 to 42 B.C. The inscription on the coin refers to the date of Julius Caesar's assassination. According to the Roman calendar, it is March 15 of the year 44. Almost 

Only three of these coins are known to still exist. Of the silver variety, there are 100. In 2020, an auction house in London set a world record, as the barely two-centimeter coin went under the hammer for nearly €3 million. But now the validity of that record is being questioned. Indeed, according to a report, it appears that the artifact and other items were sold with forged certificates. The owner of the auction house was arrested in New York in January.

 

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